The Newest, Cutest Baby Animals from the World's Zoos & Aquariums

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Shy creatures that prefer to stay in the brush, duiker are small antelope from Sub-Saharan Africa. This little fellow was born at the LA Zoo on January 9th. While duiker feed primarily on leaves, buds, seeds, fruit and bark, they also will eat protein given the opportunity, and have been observed stalking and eating small rodents.

Black Duiker 1-23-09_Tad Motoyama
 

Black Duiker Baby-Tad Motoyama
Photo credit Tad Motoyama / LA Zoo

"Duiker" means "dive" in Afrikaans, so named because of their tendency to dive into cover when startled.

3 responses to “What’s a Duiker?”

  1. Holy Cuteness Avatar

    What a sweet little Duikertje…

  2. leslie Avatar

    Oh, how cute! Look at those ears!

  3. Nikita Avatar

    We had many of them on the farm, they are very, very cute.

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